Immigration
Mario Furloni goes to a political rally and tries to figure out the complex politics of a young African nation.
A civil suit filed Thursday by the Oakland City Attorney’s Office against immigration consultancy American Legal Services alleges that the company made false promises to clients and damaged their cases.
In the wake of the powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti 12 days ago, Oakland’s Haitian community is organizing relief efforts, trying to protect Haitian immigrants from deportation, and praying for loved ones back home.
The Buddhist Church of Oakland is one of the last remaining physical reminders of the Japanese-American community that thrived in Oakland’s Chinatown before World War II.
Students from across the globe create illustrated stories that document their lives at Oakland International High School. See interactive feature.
Maria Elena Terriquez had always wanted to run her own business. She had sold perfume in Mexico for 15 years when she immigrated to the United States to join the four of her five adult children who were living here.
In the last three weeks, seven new families have finally won the right to move to Oakland. The most recent family arrived October 7, and like the others, was picked up at San Francisco International Airport after a 16-hour flight, taken to a sparsely furnished apartment on 19th street in East Oakland, and given a week’s expense money. With this final trip up I-80 and across the Bay Bridge, a journey that began in the depths of the jungles of…
After four hurricanes hit Haiti over a span of 30 days last November, an estimated 30,000 refugees headed to the United States. Now many of them face deportation. On Wednesday, groups like Oakland-based Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) marched with signs outside the federal building in downtown Oakland urging people to be aware of the Haitians’ situation and asking President Obama to grant them temporary protected status.
Koreans have lived in Oakland for decades, but in 2007 the city allowed a group of landlords the right to tax and manage several blocks on Telegraph Avenue, renaming the strip Koreatown – Northgate. The neighborhood speaks out on the area’s recent name change. Video by Puck Lo and Laurel Moorhead/Oakland North.